World War II treasure: Spitfire Yangon, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar has signed an agreement with the British aviation enthusiasts, so mining reportedly buried nearly 70 years ago by the British dozens. The aviation enthusiasts David · J · Ku Deer, earlier this year, he has found the aircraft after years of search, they were considered to be in good condition. Although details of their burial is ambiguous, Ku Deer said, they were shipped to the British colonial Burma near the end of the war and abandoned unused and in the case of packaging, they do not need. Aviation enthusiasts say, there are still only three dozen airworthy Spitfire over the world. The single-seat fighter is about 9.1 meters (30 feet) long wingspan of 11.2 meters (37 feet). The wings may not have been connected to the plane filled. The British Embassy said on Wednesday, during his visit to Myanmar earlier this year, Myanmar President Thein Sein (Thein Sein) and British Prime Minister David Cameron to discuss and reach an agreement. Excavated from the end of October. The Myanmar Alin Daily "reported that the excavation on Tuesday signed an agreement on behalf of his British company, DJC, Wu Ang Tutuo, the Ku Deer partners in Myanmar, the the Shwe Taung claws company Directors by the Director-General of Civil Aviation Tin Naing Tun, Ku Deer General Manager.
"It took us 16 years, David Ku Deer husband found buried in a box of the aircraft., We estimate that there are at least 60" Spitfire "burial, they are in good condition, Aung Aung chart, Figure ZAW said.
"This will be the Spitfire in the world, the largest number," he said. "We want to let people see those historic fighter, of these fighters excavation, will further strengthen the relations between Myanmar and the United Kingdom." The British Embassy in Myanmar's new reformist government the opportunity to work to restore and display aircraft agreement.
"We hope many of them reached the sky and discussion here will be displayed in the Myanmar embassy spokesman said, who spoke anonymously because he was not directly involved in the excavation agreement.
The country from the British the end of the War of Independence, the army in 1989, changed its name to Myanmar's long-term rule. Thein Sein (Thein Sein) of the reformist government has turned away the military government's repression and repair relations with Western countries, previously shunned.
The Myanmar Alin quoted Transportation Minister U Nyan Tun Aung, said the agreement is a milestone in democratic reform, recognized by the Government of Myanmar, the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom to strengthen the friendly and cooperative relations.
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